Donnie Wahlberg‘s Boston Blue character Danny will proceed to face challenges in his relationship with son Sean following an onscreen recast.
The Blue Bloods spinoff, which aired its midseason finale on Friday, December 19, adopted Danny making an attempt to get to a greater place with Sean (Mika Amonsen) now that they had been residing in the identical place. The daddy-son duo confronted their justifiable share of ups and downs, which maintain getting explored within the second half of the season.
“Particularly within the again half of the season, we spend time placing them collectively in conditions that power them to have a look at one another in new lights,” government producer Brandon Sonnier teased solely to Us Weekly. “They power Sean to need to attempt to show himself to his father, which is a factor that he’s at all times achieved. However now on one other degree, to begin to acknowledge that he’s his personal man.”
Sonnier promised Sean would be taught extra about his dad.
“He has classes to be taught from his father however there are additionally classes he must be on the market studying on his personal. Then from the opposite facet, that is as shut as Danny has ever been to Sean. Each bodily — they’re in the identical house and now Sean is at work too,” he continued. “In order that they’re collectively for lots extra time than they ever have been.”
Sonnier continued: “Danny is studying issues about his son that shock him, issues about his son that that he admires and issues about his son that he sees pitfalls that he may help him keep away from. That relationship via the again half of the season actually will get to develop and blossom. In addition they hit some some powerful spots — as all relationships do.”
Danny’s journey in New York was featured on CBS’ Blue Bloods, which ran from 2010 to 2024. The spinoff, which premiered in October, kicked off with Danny visiting Boston after Sean ended up in a coma. This model of Sean seemed just a little completely different after the function was beforehand performed by Andrew Terraciano.
“There’s been some negativity, for certain,” Amonsen solely informed Us final month about taking up the function. “However after I look below these posts which have the negativity, there’s a number of followers rallying for Sean and folks saying that they actually loved this character that I’ve created — or my model of character.”
Amonsen famous that he needed to make Blue Bloods followers completely happy along with his efficiency, saying, “They’re actually having fun with the present and so they love the place it’s going by way of Sean and that makes me completely happy.”
The actor recalled feeling “a ton of stress” over the scenario.
“I felt the stress to respect an actor earlier than me as a result of I needed to respect Andrew the most effective I may. There have been even sure visible selections that I made that I needed to maintain by way of hair styling and sure methods of being [as Sean],” he continued. “I actually need to keep Sean as shut as I can within the ways in which I do it out of respect for this character that everybody loves — but additionally the character Andrew constructed.”
He continued: “After I booked the present, all of it occurred actually rapidly. It was inside a couple of week’s time and I used to be actually thrown into it rapidly. I did binge watch as a lot as I may and I discovered doing the later seasons was extra useful. I needed to get a way of who Sean was towards the top of the present. I actually needed to get a way of his character at that time into maturity and his relationship with Danny.”
Terraciano, in the meantime, broke his silence to Us concerning the shakeup.
“I had anyone name me — truly the day that I used to be graduating — and so they had spoken to my mother and she or he known as me [crying]. They had been like, ‘They could be searching for a unique Sean,’” Terraciano shared with Us in December concerning the onscreen change. “Shortly after we obtained the information, Donnie known as me. It was a very stunning second of getting to listen to from an previous pal but additionally anyone that you just respect a lot and have realized a lot from.”
Terraciano expressed gratitude for his time on Blue Bloods.
“It’s stunning since you’ll at all times bear in mind each single line and day by day that you just had the chance to be that character,” he shared. “It doesn’t imply for even a second that anyone else can’t go and do one thing stunning with it.”
Terraciano continued: “I obtained the enjoyment of enjoying Sean, and I obtained to ship him off into the world. Now anyone else will get that pleasure. We’re each getting to indicate what we do after which ship Sean off into the world.”
Boston Blue airs on CBS Fridays at 10 p.m. ET.
